Astronomers are used to working remotely, but as PhD student Vivek Kumar Jha explains, old habits take on a new character during a crisis
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Meeting face-to-face is a luxury we can’t afford right now’
A special Red Folder quiz to get you through the global COVID-19 lockdown
Read article: Bored of the lockdown? Get your brain working with this physics trivia quiz
As Wuhan emerges from lockdown, experimental physicist Tao Wang reflects on what “normal” life will look like in the future
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘I hope the rest of the world can see hope from my experience’
Jess Wade reviews the film Radioactive, directed by Marjane Satrapi
Read article: Half a life
Shi En Kim is planning future experiments so she can hit the ground running when her lab reopens
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘I miss my group’s vibrant office discussions that propelled my research’
Mike Follows explains why his life as a physics teacher in Birmingham, UK, has become "pretty surreal"
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘It was like waiting for a tsunami that is sure to strike’
In this episode we also chat about physicists who have done silly things
Read article: Remembering Philip Anderson, meeting an extragalactic astronomer who advises the government
Sam Vennin is impressed by the collaborations developing between research groups and predicts that research will emerge from the current situation deeply transformed
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘My workplace probably looks more like a war zone now’
Atomic physicist Hannah Williams would normally be fixing lasers and machinery in her lab outside Paris. With France on lockdown, she’s searching for alternatives
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘My job is not amenable to working from home’
As a scientist, Charles Curry believes he should help the public understand evidence-based policies for controlling COVID-19
Read article: Physics in the pandemic: ‘Watching a phenomenon of staggering scope unfold in real time, dictated by simple mathematics’
